Uganda

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 37.78 million
  • Population under 15 years: 48%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 59 years
  • Human Development Index: 163 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Low income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 7.3%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.9 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 29.5%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 40%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2011

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Bilson, A. & Cox, P. ,

Examines practice of using institutional care for children in poverty and recommends alternative responses to maintain families.

Dana Johnson,

Dana Johnson, member of the Budpest Early Intervention Project and a speaker at the BCN-BEIP discussion day, addresses common questions concerning the adotpion of institutionalized children.

UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),

The aim of this report is to review international human rights norms as well as Liberian legislation, and to assess the compliance of orphanages with those standards.

Stephanie Hanes / Christian Science Monitor,

Africa shifts to 'whole village' approach for the care of orphans and other vulnerbale children.

European Coalition for Community Living,

The third newsletter of the European Coalition for Community Living. Articles focus on good practices in providing care for children with disabilities.

Maruja M. B. Asis - Journal of Asian Population Studies ,

Based on data collected from a 2003 nationwide study, this article examines how left-behind children (specifically those aged 10–12 years old and adolescents) cope without their migrant parents.

United Aid for Azerbaijan (UAFA),

Documents implementation of Azerbaijan's national de-institutionalisation and alternative care programming

UNICEF,

The Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups. These principles revise and expand on the Cape Town Principles developed in 1997.

Lubuto Library Project,

The Lubuto Library Project seeks to fill an important gap in services to vulnerable children in Africa by providing a bridge to schools and social services otherwise beyond their reach.

Florence Martin and Tata Sudrajat, Save the Children, Indonesia Ministry of Social Affairs, UNICEF,

Comprehensive evaluation of national responses and level of care standards for children without parental care in Indonesia.